154 URTICACEZ. 
7. Urtica spiralis, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. p.152; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 46. 
South Mexico, Tampico to Real del Monte (Berlandier). 
B. tligulata, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 47. 
Sourn Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca at 8000 to 9000 feet, and peak of Orizaba at 
10,000 feet (Galeott:, 314, 328). Hb. Kew. 
8. Urtica subincisa, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 293; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 43. 
Urtica falcicrenata, Liebm. in K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. ser. 5, 11. p. 293. 
SoutH Mexico, near Santa Rosa (Hartweg), Hacienda de Santa Barbara (Liebmann), 
Jalapa (Coulter, 1423), near Santa Fé, valley of Mexico (Hahn, 641). Hb. Kew. 
9. Urtica urens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1396; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 40. 
An almost ubiquitous weed in temperate and subtropical regions, including MExico. 
Hb. Kew. 
Probably an introduced plant in America. 
18. FLEURYA. 
Fleurya, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 497, et in Voy. de la ‘ Bonite,’ t. 88 ; Benth. et Hook. 
Gen. Plant. iii. p. 382. 
Annual herbs. About eight species, widely dispersed in the tropics, and extending 
beyond in South Africa. 
1. Fleurya estuans, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 497; DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 71. 
Widely dispersed in Tropical America, Tropical Arrica, MAscaRENE Istanps, &c. 
y. racemosa, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 72. 
Fleurya cordata, Gaudich. in Freye. Voy. Bot. p. 497, et Voy. de la ‘ Bonite,’ t. 83. 
Urtica latifolia, Rich. in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. p. 118; Liebm. in K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. 
Skrift. ser. 5, il. p. 294 (reprint, p. 10). 
Nicaragua, near Granada (Grsted), Chontales (Seemann); Panama (Seemann).— 
VENEZUELA to PeRu and BraziL, and in the West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
19. LAPORTEA. 
Laportea, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 498; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 383. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees, inhabiting the tropics of the Old World, and North America 
from Canada to Nicaragua. 
1. Laportea canadensis, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 498; DC. Prodr. xvi. l, 
p. 78. 
Nearly all over NortH AMERICA. 
5. pustulata, Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 78. 
Urtica (Laportea) pustulata, Liebm. in K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. ser. 5, ii. p. 294 (reprint, 
p. 10). 
SoutH Mexico, Chinantla, Puebla at 7000 feet (Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
